Michael Nagy, a Hungarian-born baritone from Stuttgart, began his musical career in the Stuttgart Hymnus Boys’ Choir. He went on to study singing, Lieder interpretation, and conducting with Rudolf Piernay, Irwin Gage, and Klaus Arp in Mannheim and Saarbrücken. He furthered his training through masterclasses with Charles Spencer, Cornelius Reid, and Rudolf Piernay, from whom he continues to receive guidance.

He continues to expand his repertoire in baritone roles on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. Notably, he has sung Wolfram in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Heiling in Marschner’s eponymous opera at the Theater an der Wien, Stolzius in Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten under Kirill Petrenko at the Bavarian State Opera, Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde) in Baden-Baden and Berlin under Sir Simon Rattle, as well as the title roles in Il prigioniero by Luigi Dallapiccola (Hamburg) and Edward II, the new work by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini, premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In the summer of 2021, he stepped in at short notice to perform the role of Guglielmo in a production of Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Festival.

Michael Nagy is in high demand as a concert and oratorio singer worldwide. He has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, among many others, and has appeared at numerous festivals.

His recent engagements are extensive. He has performed at the Bavarian State Opera (Die Vögel by Braunfels; Capriccioby Strauss), the Vienna State Opera (as the Count in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro), and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf (as Creonte in Haydn’s L’anima del filosofo). In concert, he has sung Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem in Neumarkt under Thomas Hengelbrock and on tour in Spain, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Jakub Hrůša, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Chorwerk Ruhr at the Ruhrtriennale, and Fauré’s Requiem under Risto Joost in Groningen. Among the premieres he is involved in this season are Piogge diverseby Sciarrino in Dresden, The Masque of the Red Death by Francesco Filidei (in Donaueschingen, the Cologne Philharmonie, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg), and Wanderwelle by Hèctor Parra (WDR Cologne, conducted by Andris Poga). A form he particularly cherishes, recital work sees him perform in Copenhagen alongside Gerold Huber and Malcolm Martineau, with programmes including Schubert’s Winterreise and Brahms’ Liebesliederwalzer.